Athletics at the 2023 African Games

Athletics at the 2023 African Games was held from 18 to 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

Athletics at the 2023 African Games
Venue	Legon Sports Stadium
Dates	18–22 March 2024
Competitors	571 from 46 nations

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Ghana)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	11	6	5	22
2	Ethiopia (ETH)	7	7	4	18
3	South Africa (RSA)	7	1	3	11
4	Kenya (KEN)	6	6	8	20
5	Ghana (GHA)*	3	2	1	6
6	Algeria (ALG)	2	4	4	10
7	The Gambia (GAM)	2	0	0	2
8	Morocco (MAR)	1	2	0	3
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	2	0	3
10	Cameroon (CMR)	1	1	4	6
11	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	3	5
12	Burkina Faso (BUR)	1	1	2	4
	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	2	4
14	Benin (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	1	0	0	1
	South Sudan (SSD)	1	0	0	1
17	Botswana (BOT)	0	3	3	6
18	Liberia (LBR)	0	2	1	3
	Uganda (UGA)	0	2	1	3
20	Tunisia (TUN)	0	2	0	2
21	Guinea (GUI)	0	1	0	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	1	0	1
	Mali (MLI)	0	1	0	1
	Somalia (SOM)	0	1	0	1
25	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	2	2
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	2	2
27	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		47	47	46	140

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon	10.14	Usheoritse Itsekiri  Nigeria	10.23	Gilbert Hainuca  Namibia	10.29
200 metres	Joseph Amoah  Ghana	20.70	Claude Itoungue Bongogne  Cameroon	20.74	Consider Ekanem  Nigeria	20.80
400 metres	Chidi Okezie  Nigeria	45.06	Muzala Samukonga  Zambia	45.37	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf  Senegal	45.49
800 metres	Aaron Cheminingwa  Kenya	1:45.72	Ngeno Kipngetich  Kenya	1:45.73	Tumo Nkape  Botswana	1:46.04
1500 metres	Brian Komen  Kenya	3:39.19	Ermias Girma  Ethiopia	3:39.40	Abel Kipsang  Kenya	3:39.45
5000 metres	Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia	13:38.12	Abdullahi Jama Mohamed  Somalia	13:38.64	Cornelius Kemboi  Kenya	13:40.61
10,000 metres	Nibret Melak  Ethiopia	29:45.37	Gemechu Dida  Ethiopia	29:45.68	Evans Kiptum  Kenya	29:47.61
110 metres hurdles	Louis François Mendy  Senegal	13.61	Amine Bouanani  Algeria	13.69	Yousuf Badawy Sayed  Egypt	13.83
400 metres hurdles	Saad Hinti  Morocco	48.82 NR	Victor Ntweng  Botswana	49.38	Kemorena Tisang  Botswana	50.09
3000 metres steeplechase	Samuel Firewu  Ethiopia	8:24.30	Amos Serem  Kenya	8:25.77	Simon Koech  Kenya	8:26.19
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Israel Okon Sunday Consider Ekanem Alaba Akintola Usheoritse Itsekiri Edose Ibadin*	38.41	Ghana Edwin Gadayi Benjamin Azamati Solomon Hammond Joseph Amoah	38.43	Liberia John Sherman Emmanuel Matadi Jabez Reeves Joseph Fahnbulleh	38.73 NR
4 × 400 metres relay	Zambia Patrick Nyambe Kennedy Luchembe David Mulenga Muzala Samukonga	2:59.12 GR, NR	Botswana Busang Kebinatshipi Leungo Scotch Boitumelo Masilo Bayapo Ndori Omphile Seribe*	2:59.32	Nigeria Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Sikiru Adeyemi Chidi Okezie Dubem Nwachukwu*	3:01.84
Half marathon	Samsom Amare  Eritrea	1:05:04	William Amponsah  Ghana	1:05:13	Isaac Mpofu  Zimbabwe	1:05:37
20 kilometres walk	Misgana Wakuma  Ethiopia	1:28:05	Samuel Gathimba  Kenya	1:28:06	Ismail Benhammouda  Algeria	1:31:12
High jump	Evans Yamoah  Ghana	2.23 m	Saad Hammouda  Morocco	2.21 m	Mpho Links  South Africa	2.21 m
Pole vault	Mehdi Amar Rouana  Algeria	5.30 m	Boubacar Diallo  Mali	5.00 m	Abera Alemu  Ethiopia	4.00 m
Long jump	Asande Mthembu  South Africa	7.86 m	Yasser Triki  Algeria	7.83 m w	Appolinaire Yinra  Cameroon	7.71 m
Triple jump	Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	16.97 m	Amath Faye  Senegal	16.24 m	Yacouba Loué  Burkina Faso	15.86 m
Shot put	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria	21.06 m	Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt	20.70 m	Mohamed Magdi Hamza  Egypt	20.29 m
Discus throw	Victor Hogan  South Africa	62.56 m	Oussama Khennoussi  Algeria	59.97 m	Ryan Williams  Namibia	55.42 m
Hammer throw	Mostafa El Gamel  Egypt	73.65 m	Mohsen Mohamed Anani  Tunisia	67.71 m	Allan Cumming  South Africa	67.57 m
Javelin throw	Nnamdi Chinecherem  Nigeria	82.80 m NR	Julius Yego  Kenya	81.74 m	Mustafa Mahmoud Abdel Khaliq  Egypt	78.10 m
Decathlon	Fredriech Pretorius  South Africa	7550 pts	Edwin Kimutai Too  Kenya	7140 pts NR	Dhiae Boudoumi  Algeria	6943 pts

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gina Bass  The Gambia	11.36	Maia McCoy  Liberia	11.49	Olayinka Olajide  Nigeria	11.55
200 metres	Gina Bass  The Gambia	23.13	Olayinka Olajide  Nigeria	23.18	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi  Republic of the Congo	23.42
400 metres	Mary Moraa  Kenya	50.57	Esther Elo Joseph  Nigeria	51.61	Sita Sibiri  Burkina Faso	51.74 NR
800 metres	Tsige Duguma  Ethiopia	1:57.73	Halima Nakaayi  Uganda	1:58.59	Vivian Chebet Kiprotich  Kenya	2:00.27
1500 metres	Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia	4:05.71 GR	Hawi Abera  Ethiopia	4:06.09	Mary Ekiru  Kenya	4:06.22
5000 metres	Medina Eisa  Ethiopia	15:04.32	Birtukan Molla  Ethiopia	15:05.32	Melknat Wudu  Ethiopia	15:07.04
10,000 metres	Janeth Chepngetich  Kenya	33:37.00	Wede Kefale  Ethiopia	33:38.37	Tekan Berhe  Ethiopia	33:51.50
100 metres hurdles	Tobi Amusan  Nigeria	12.89	Sidonie Fiadanantsoa  Madagascar	13.19	Ashley Kamangirira  Zimbabwe	13.59
400 metres hurdles	Rogail Joseph  South Africa	55.39	Noura Ennadi  Morocco	55.85	Linda Angounou  Cameroon	56.41
3000 metres steeplechase	Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya	9:15.61 GR	Peruth Chemutai  Uganda	9:16.07	Lomi Muleta  Ethiopia	9:26.63
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan Olayinka Olajide Moforehan Abinusawa Tobi Amusan Chisom Onyebuchi* Blessing Ogundiran*	43.05	Liberia Ebony Morrison Destiny Smith-Barnett Maia McCoy Shania Collins	44.02	Ghana Mary Boakye Janet Mensah Doris Mensah Halutie Hor Benedicta Kwartemaa*	44.21
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Esther Elo Joseph Patience Okon George Brittany Ogunmokun Omolara Ogunmakinju	3:27.29	Zambia Niddy Mingilishi Quincy Malekani Abygirl Sepiso Rhoda Njobvu	3:31.85 NR	Botswana Tlhomphang Basele Lydia Jele Obakeng Kamberuka Oratile Nowe	3:33.44
Half marathon	Loliha Atalena  South Sudan	1:14:36	Zewditu Aderaw  Ethiopia	1:14:40	Nancy Chepleting Meli  Kenya	1:15:07
20 kilometres walk	Emily Wamusyi Ngii  Kenya		Sintayehu Masire  Ethiopia		Souad Azzi  Algeria
High jump	Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah  Ghana	1.90 m	Fatoumata Balley  Guinea	1.81 m	Darina Hadil Rezik  Algeria	1.78 m
Pole vault	Miré Reinstorf  South Africa	4.35 m GR	Dorra Mahfoudhi  Tunisia	3.70 m	Not awarded as the event had 2 athletes
Long jump	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.92 m w	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	6.81 m w	Prestina Ochonogor  Nigeria	6.67 m w
Triple jump	Ruth Usoro  Nigeria	13.80 m	Winny Bii  Kenya	13.64 m	Saly Sarr  Senegal	13.60 m
Shot put	Ashley Erasmus  South Africa	16.98 m	Oyesade Olatoye  Nigeria	16.61 m	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	16.38 m
Discus throw	Obiageri Amaechi  Nigeria	58.93 m	Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria	58.03 m	Nora Monie  Cameroon	56.11 m
Hammer throw	Zahra Tatar  Algeria	69.65 m GR, NR	Zouina Bouzebra  Algeria	68.97 m	Oyesade Olatoye  Nigeria	68.92 m
Javelin throw	Jo-Ane van Dyk  South Africa	60.80 m GR	Jana van Schalkwyk  South Africa	57.64 m	Josephine Joyce Lalam  Uganda	57.01 m NR
Heptathlon	Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin	5616 pts	Kemi Francis-Petersen  Nigeria	5268 pts	Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon	5181 pts

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Patience Okon George Sikiru Adeyemi Omolara Ogunmakinju Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel*	3:13.26 AR	Botswana Busang Kebinatshipi Lydia Jele Bayapo Ndori Obakeng Kamberuka Leungo Scotch*	3:13.99 NR	Kenya David Sanayek Kapirante Maureen Thomas Kennedy Kimeu Muthoki Mary Moraa	3:18.03

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Participating nations

•  Algeria (19)
•  Angola (8)
•  Benin (10)
•  Burundi (7)
•  Botswana (23)
•  Burkina Faso (14)
•  Central African Republic (2)
•  Republic of the Congo (21)
•  Ivory Coast (5)
•  Cameroon (10)
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (5)
•  Djibouti (6)
•  Egypt (13)
•  Equatorial Guinea (8)
•  Eritrea (15)
•  Eswatini (2)
•  Ethiopia (87)
•  Gabon (4)
•  The Gambia (9)
•  Ghana (36)
•  Guinea (3)
•  Guinea-Bissau (2)
•  Kenya (51)
•  Liberia (10)
•  Libya (1)
•  Lesotho (3)
•  Madagascar (4)
•  Malawi (2)
•  Mali (8)
•  Mauritania (2)
•  Morocco (16)
•  Mozambique (2)
•  Namibia (21)
•  Nigeria (44)
•  Niger (2)
•  Rwanda (1)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
•  Senegal (11)
•  Seychelles (7)
•  Sierra Leone (12)
•  South Africa (30)
•  South Sudan (5)
•  Somalia (1)
•  Sudan (2)
•  Zambia (14)
•  Zimbabwe (11)

External links

• Results- 2023 edition official website
• World Athletics Results
• Results book